Desamuduru

Desamuduru
Directed by Puri Jagannadh
Produced by D.V.V. Danayya
Written by Puri Jagannadh
Starring Allu Arjun
Hansika Motwani
Pradeep Rawat
Ali
Music by Chakri
Cinematography Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by Universal Media
Release dates
 12 January 2007
Running time
 148 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget INR100 million (US$1.6 million)(citation needed)[1]
Box office INR300 million (US$4.8 million)(4 Weeks)[1]

Desamuduru is a 2007 Telugu action film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by D.V.V. Danaiah under the Universal Media banner. The film stars Allu Arjun and Hansika Motwani in the lead. The movie was released on 12 January 2007 in 400 theatres.[2] This movie is one of the biggest hits in Allu Arjun's career. Rambha acted in an item song alongside Allu Arjun.[3] It was dubbed into Malayalam and Tamil as Hero: The Real Hero, and Hindi as Ek Jwalamukhi.

Plot

Bala Govind (Allu Arjun) is a program director in MAA TV. His fights for justice regularly get him into trouble. During one of these incidents, he saves a person (Raja Ravindra) from goons while severely thrashing Murugan (Subbaraju), son of the notorious smuggler Tambi Durai (Pradeep Rawat). Fearing retribution from Tambi Durai, the MAA TV crew sends Bala's team to Kullu Manali to shoot a travel episode instead of another team. There, Bala sees Vaishali (Hansika Motwani), who is a sannyasin. It is love at first sight for Bala. Vaishali, though initially apprehensive of Bala falls for him. The head sannyasin of the ashram Rama Prabha (Rama Prabha) unites the couple. However, before Bala is able to return to Hyderabad with Vaishali and marry her, Tambi Durai's henchmen kidnap her and take her his home. Bala returns to Hyderabad and finds that she is with Tambi Durai. The person who was saved by Bala reveals that Vaishali is the daughter of Narayan Patwari (Devan). In order to grab Patwari's property, Tambi Durai killed her parents and his wife (Telangana Shakuntala) performed the marriage of Vaishali with Murugan in front of their dead bodies. However, Vaishali escapes and reaches Kulu Manali. Bala takes the help of Inspector Prasad (Ahuti Prasad) to save Vaishali from their clutches and eventually succeeds in his attempt and marries her.

Cast

Hansika Motwani was selected as the lead actress opposite Allu Arjun making her debut in Telugu cinema.

Crew

Production

After the release of Happy (2006), Allu Arjun was reported to be keen to act in the Telugu remake of Sivakasi (2005) starring Vijay and Asin in the lead roles.[4] He later accepted to act in a film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by D. V. V. Danayya under the banner Universal Media.[5] The title was confirmed as Desamuduru.[6] Puri Jagannadh worked on the film's script at Bangkok and returned to Hyderabad on 16 June 2006.[7] The film had its official launch at the office of Puri Jagannadh's production company Vaishno Academy on 19 June 2006.[8]

Allu Arjun played the role of a crime reporter working for MAA TV in the film.[9] For his role, Allu Arjun sported a long hairdo and built six pack abs.[10] Hansika Motwani was selected as the female lead which marked her debut in Telugu cinema as an actress at a very young age of 16.[11] She played the role of a sanyasin in the film.[12] Rambha was selected for an item number in the film, despite initial reports stated that Charmee Kaur would dance in the song.[13][14]

Filming

The Himalayas from Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh.

Filming began on 28 July 2006 at Hyderabad where the film's first schedule was shot. Tne next schedule began in Himachal Pradesh.[15] Few action sequences were shot at Manali in early September 2006.[16] Weeks later, few scenes between the lead pair were shot in Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh. This schedule was planned to be wrapped up on 5 December 2006.[17] However the schedule was completed on 10 October 2006.[18] Some crucial action sequences were shot at Aluminium Factory in Gachibowli in early December 2006.[19]

Soundtrack

The film has six songs composed by Chakri. Music of the film was launched on 25 December 2006. The song Ninne Ninne was the most popular song in the soundtrack among music lovers.[20]

Release

The film was released on 500 screens, including 424 in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Karnataka, 8 in Orissa, 2 in Chennai, 3 in Mumbai and 31 overseas.[21]

Box-office

Desamuduru ran for more than 200 days. The film grossed INR 125.8 million[22] and a share of INR 95 million.[23] worldwide in the first week of its release.

The film grossed INR 300 million in four weeks.[24]

Desamuduru grossed INR350 million (US$5.6 million) in 6 Weeks. later on the film ended up with a final figure of INR410 million (US$6.5 million)[25] in 200 Days worldwide delivering a Share of INR250 million (US$4.0 million).[25] The film is one of the blockbusters in Allu Arjun's career and the highest grossing film of 2007. The film surpassed the records set by Indra (2002) and became the second highest grossing film after Pokiri (2006).[25]

Trivia

With this film, Allu Arjun became the first South Indian actor and second Indian actor get a six-pack abs after Salman Khan.

Dubbed version

Desamuduru was dubbed into Malayalam and Tamil as Hero: The Real Hero, and Hindi as Ek Jwalamukhi.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843335/business
  2. ↑ "indiaglitz.com". Desamuduru set for release in 400 theatres. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "Rambha's item number in Desa Muduru". telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  4. ↑ "Allu Arjun's plans". IndiaGlitz. 26 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Allu Arjun gets ready". IndiaGlitz. 10 May 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Allu Arjun is "Desa Muduru"". IndiaGlitz. 8 June 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Desamuduru Script at Bangkok". Idlebrain.com. 10 June 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Allu Arjun's movie launched". IndiaGlitz. 19 June 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Allu Arjun to be the 'Desamuduru'". IndiaGlitz. 3 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Allu Arjun goes Salman way!". Sify. 22 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ↑ ""I am no more a babe", says Hansika". Sify. 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Hansika charges 50 lakhs!". Sify. 23 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Rambha as item girl!". Sify. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Charmi to do an item number in 'Desa Muduru'". IndiaGlitz. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "'Desa Mudhuru' from 28th". IndiaGlitz. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Desa Muduru shoot at Manali". IndiaGlitz. 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Key scenes being shot for 'Desa Muduru'". IndiaGlitz. 21 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "'Desa Muduru' completes Himachal Pradesh schedule". IndiaGlitz. 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "Desa Muduru shooting in progress". IndiaGlitz. 2 December 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "greatandhra.com". Ninne Ninne Rocking Music Lovers. Archived from the original on 12 January 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
  21. ↑ http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=desamudurureleasecenters
  22. ↑ "greatandhra.com". Desamuduru First Week Collections. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  23. ↑ "nonstopcinema.com". Desamuduru worldwide 7-day gross – 125.8 million. Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  24. ↑ "greatandhra.com". Desamuduru Collected Rs. 29,63,00,655 in 4 Weeks. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/int1/alluarjun.html

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